St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-12
The COMMERCIAL RECORD.
On the Chicago Board of Trade Satur-
day Opening Prices Had
Weak Tone,
Which Was Added to By the Appear
ance of the Government
Crop Report.
Transactions In the Financial Circles
of Wall Street.-The General
Quotations.

CHICAGO, Sept. 1O.-The tenor Of the gov
eminent crop was generally known before
the opening on change, and as 1t was re-
garded as rather bearish document on
wheat, the opening prices had rather weak
tone. October wheat started at 7OAc and
sold almost Immediately to 70@70lsc. The
governments figures on the wheat crop were
Just what the crowd had expected, and this,
together with liberal selling by local houses,
caused further weakness and October wheat
dropped to 691sc. Scalpers dumped their
wheat freely the last hour. December was
sold with unusual freedom around 13@7SAc,
one house letting go over 100000 bushels.
There was good many limited buying orders
at inside and they stopped further
downward movement, but the market closed
weak at fraction above inside figures of the
day and week, and 14@17sc lower than yester-
day. 0ctober's final figure was zoe. Corn
was quite active and rather unsettled to-day.
The opening was rather weak, but the gov
eminent crop report, and persistent buying
by local operator, caused prices to firm up
somewhat ana the market closed steady at
about yesterdays figures. The chief activity
was IN the May option. October corn opened
at 4214c, sold down to 417Sc and reacted TO
42lac, and closed at 1880. May started at
457sc, declined to 45Ae, reacted and
closed at 45s4e. Oats were compare
lively quiet. October sold at 25I4c
@25lsc, and closed at 25SsG25I2c. Provis-
Ions ruled generally quiet, with the feeling
somewhat unsettled. Prices were irregular
and averaged lower on the leading articles,
and the market closed rather tame. Offerings
were not very large, and the demand was
limited, trading being mainly in October and
January deliveries. The receipts were fair
and the shipments quite large. October lard
sold at S6.60@6.62l2. and closed steady. DC
tober short ribs opened at IS. 90delivered, ow-
ing TO a sale of lot of 100000 ribs on call, to
$50, reacted under buying orders, and closed
at the opening figure. January mess pork sold
at So. 7o@12 1919, closing atS12.75.
THE QUOTATIONS
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Wheat, No. 2, September, 69c, closing at
6SS4c; october, 704c, closing at zoe; No
vember, 71s4c. closing at 715Sc: Deem
Der, 1859, closing at 73c. Corn, No. 3 Sep
closing at 42ssc; November, 42asc, closing
at 1850; May, 455sc, closing at 455sc
Oats, No. 2. September, 25c, closing at 25cls;
October 254c, closing at 25l2c; November
at 3olsc. Mess pork, per bbl, year, sl2.25
closing at Sl230; january, Sl2.75, closing
at s12 = i2 Lard. per leo lbs, Septem-
Ser cog s66 sIos closing Ct $500 0e5ober
S6.57l2, closing at S65zl3; January,
S6.67l2, closing at $3.50. Short ribs,
per 100 lbs. September. IS. 90 closing at
$500; October, $3.50, closing at
S. 80; January, S557Ia, closing at Sc. 57l2c,
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
was quiet and demand local; prices nm
changed: patents firm. Wheat-No. spring
68s4c; No. ) spring, 63l2c; No 2 red. csc
Corn-No. ., 42lsc. Oats-No. =, 2434@25c.
Rye-NO. 2, 45c. Bariey-No. =. Csc Flax
seed-No. l, S1.07. Prime timothy seed
S2.35. Pork-Mess, per Dbl, SIS. 25@I5.5O
Lard, Per 100 lbs, S6.62l2. Short ribs, sides
Qoosel. $3.50; dry sailed shoulders (boxed),
s.. 256l5.35; short clear sides (boxedj,
S9.30@9.35. Whisky-Disillers' finished
goods per gal, S1.10 Receipts-Flour, TO-
600 bbls; wheat. Sc, 600 bu; corn, 20S,OOo
bu: oats, $4,000 bu; rye, 5000 bu; barley.
5000 Blu. Shipments-Flour, 5000 bblS:
wheat, 20S.oo0 bu: corn, POI 900 bu; oats,
49,, 600 bu: barley, 1900 bu. On the pro-
duce exchange to-day, the butter market was
steady at 16l2@123c for creamery and 15lI9c
for dairy. Eggs were tirmer at 14@14lac,